Archive for the 'Off The Topic' Category

The iCam Console System

I'm not certain whether or not I should be reporting on this on a video game blog or this one, but to put it in perspective, the iCam Game Console System is more of an educational toy. It is designed to hook up to a PC with a webcam, and the user has two ...

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Words become books, and books become words

We have previously covered how books can be made into pinhole cameras, and now an interesting sight, a book being made into a very interesting subject for a camera. This is the work of artist Isaac Salazar, who can transform old books into something that lets the pages speak for themselves. He does ...

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Video DNA to stop pirated movies

Here is an interesting way to stop pirated movie content. Most anti-piracy filters use a digital signature from the original disc, but it is easy to get around by the pirates. With this video DNA, this "footage would be analyzed in grids to see what visual elements are there, and the shots would ...

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ImageRights Helps Photographers Easily Protect Their Photos

If you upload your photos to the Internet in this day in age you run the risk of having them stolen and accredited to another person. However, if you need exposure, there's really no better tool to use than the Internet with websites like Deviantart giving photographers a massive audience. Well, a new website called ImageRights ...

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iPhone 4 Incompatible With iPad Camera Connection Kit

Thanks to the $29 iPad Camera Connection Kit that Apple offers, the iPad has become one of the most prominent ways to view photographs taken with a digital camera in the field. Featuring both a USB port and SD card reader, the iPad Camera Connection Kit gives the iPad added functionality that it does not ...

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Google announces Google TV

Google has just come forth at their yearly I/O convention to announce their Google TV platform. This exciting new product from Google looks to blur the line between computers and television incorporating popular Google products like their search and Android into one. The reason I'm telling you photography addicts this is because Google is looking to ...

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GPS stuck on Google Car

Google has many possibilities and one of those is the ability to take street images of our cities.  It is extremely popular with users of the internet.  Recently, in the city of Berlin, some friendly people thought they would make it more interesting and stuck a GPS tracker on a Google Street View camera car. Now you can follow ...

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The Supplies Guys Announce Stick.Snap.Click. & Win Contest

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The Supplies Guys, the leading retailer in printer and printer, has recently announced a fun and exciting contest named Stick.Snap.Click. & Win. The contest is absolutely free. To take part in this contest, all you have to do is stick a Supplies Guys reorder label to your printer, take a snap shot of it ...

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Brando’s Keychain Car Key Spy Camera

You'd think with the ability to capture 29fps video at a resolution of 640 x 480 and still images at a resolution of 1280 x 860 Brando's latest digital camera would be your normal run-of-the-mill camera. Think again as this is part of Brando's spy gear line entitled the Keychain Car Key Security Spy Camera. This ...

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GigaPan Epic Imager Available for Purchase

Remember that extraordinary Inauguration 1,474 megapixel photo? Remember the GigaPan Imager that was used in order to take all those photos which were later combined to make the giant photo? Well that device is called the GigaPan Epic and it was released for the general public. It will work with most of the current point-and-shoot ...

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